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Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (3)

  • Pycna coelestia Distant, 1904c: 335.
  • Eopycna coelestia (Distant, 1904) in Sanborn, 2020: 169.
  • Neoplatypleura coelestia (Distant, 1904) in Zhou, Wang, Zhi, Ge, Guo, Saddam, He & Wei, 2026: 17.
Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Latin: celestial, heavenly, magnificent

Nomenclature references (3)

  • Distant, W.L. (1904c) Rhynchotal notes. -- XXVII. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 7), 14, 329–336.
  • Sanborn, A.F. (2020) Redescription of the cicada genus Pycna Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843 (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadinae: Platypleurini) with the formation of two new genera, one new species, one revised species status and twenty-four new combinations. Zootaxa, 4722(2), 157–174. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4722.2.3
  • Zhou, J.-R., Wang, J.-L., Zhi, H., Ge, B., Guo, F.-Q., Saddam, B., He, H. & Wei, C. (2026) Phylogeny, biogeography and ecological diversification of the Oriental cicadas in the tribe Platypleurini (Hemiptera, Cicadidae). Systematic Entomology, 51(1:e70030), 1–25. https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.70030

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon Valid names
Rank Extant Fossil Invalid Total
species1023